A reporter mentioned to White House Spokesman Jay Carney yesterday's scoop in Ha'aretz, which cited Western diplomats and high level Israeli officials about the special National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran's nuclear program submitted recently to President Obama, which is almost a word for word copy of the Israeli intelligence assessment. But State Dept. Spokesman Patrick Ventrell confirmed that the U.S. is concerned with the possibility of Iran attacking its Gulf neighbors.

Hundreds of Hasidic Jews on Thursday attended the wedding of the grandson of the Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok Rebbe in Bnei Brak, where this mitzvah dance was performed. The mitzvah tantz (mitzvah-dance) is the Hasidic custom of the men dancing with the bride on her wedding night, after the wedding feast. The bride stands perfectly still, […]

Channel 2 reports that the Israel’s cabinet approved the entry of 6 Gunships (helicopters) in the Sinai. The vote to allow them in was done hastily over the telephone, but not fast enough, as Egypt had already sent them the gunships in without waiting for Israeli approval. Egypt also sent in 60 tanks and 400 […]

A Pro-Palestinian website exposed the identities of 100 Israeli Air Force pilots. The list included their names, addresses, and photos. In Israel, one isn’t allowed to publicize personal details of pilots for their security and safety.

Arab sources are reporting that Egyptian troops that entered El-Arish to fight with terrorists there are now preparing to enter the Egyptian half of Rafiach which straddles both sides of the Gazan border.

Egypt has demanded that Hamas terror chief Ismael Haniyeh hand over 3 of his Hamas leaders who were involved in the attack on the Egyptian military base in the Sinai this week. According to to the Arab paper, Al Quds, Israel handed over the names of 9 terrorists that were involved in the attack. The […]

A Border Police soldier apparently accidentally shot himself in the chest on Thursday at his base near Ma’aleh Michmas around noontime. The soldier was checking his weapon when it went off. He was taken by helicopter to Hadassah Ein-Karem.

The IDF just released a report on reserve duty in the IDF on Thursday, the day the IDF is marking ‘Reservist Appreciation Day’. The new report shows that Settlers in Judea and Samaria have a higher reserve duty participation rate than the rest of the country. Settlers have a participation rate of 35% compared to […]

US President Barack Obama has in recent days received an National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) which upgrades the current view of the progress achieved by Iran's nuclear program to more critical, according to Western diplomats and high level Israeli officials. The new evaluation was conducted because of concern within the Administration that Israel would unilaterally attack Iran's nuclear facilities.

The US has passed a message on to Israel that Saudi Arabia informed them they will shoot down any Israeli planes that flies over their territory on the way to attacking Iran’s nuclear weapon development facilities. Some Israeli officials believe the idea for the message was instigated by the US in order to place additional […]

Several Polish diplomatic missions have yet to fulfill a request by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to promote a book on their websites about Poles and their relationships with Jews during the Holocaust. The ministry in July asked the missions to put a link to “Inferno of Choices: Poles and the Holocaust” (Rytm) on […]

An El Al spokesperson said the airline had not decided whether or not to honor round-trip tickets to Israel that were offered erroneously for prices as low as $330. On Wednesday afternoon, the airline issued the following statement via Twitter: “Thanks for your patience. Details/decisions re incorrect fares that were briefly sold on Monday are […]

Haredi guy floating in the men only beach of the Dead Sea. This so reminded me of the story of the man who can’t fall asleep because he can’t decide if he should sleep with his beard above or below the blanket. The answer here is clear: beard above the water. The Dead Sea seawater […]

On Wednesday evening, there were reports of an attempted cross-border infiltration into Israel from Jordan. The attempt happened near Beit Shean. Some security forces in the area are remaining on high alert. Police are saying everything is normal.

Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson's lawyers sent a warning letter to the NJDC and to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee last week, after both groups had called on Republicans not to take money from Adelson following an allegation by a fired employee that the billionaire had approved of prostitution at his facilities in Macau, China. The allegation first appeared in an Associated Press account of the lawsuit filed by Adelson's former employee, Steven Jacobs, who had managed Adelson's Macua business until being fired in 2010.